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November 28, 2011

Space Lab Student Competition On YouTube Attracts 5500 Teams

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ESA astronauts will join Google and YouTube managers on 30 November to present highlights of the 'Space Lab' competition. Space Lab is challenging students around the world to design a science experiment for the International Space Station.

Launched just seven weeks ago, Space Lab has already attracted 5500 experiment proposals by registered team and individual competitors — and the dedicated YouTube site has recorded 14 million views.

Space Lab, supported by ESA, was initiated by YouTube, NASA, Japan's JAXA space agency, Space Adventures and Lenovo. It challenges students around the world to design a science experiment to be performed on the International Space Station.

Space Lab site accessed 14 million times

"By late November, a stunning 14 million views had been registered at the Space Lab YouTube site," said Fernando Doblas, ESA's Head of Communications.

"Owing to the large number of excellent submissions received, many coming from Europe, the Space Lab campaign partners have decided to extend the deadline for submission of experiments from 7 to 14 December."

30 November at ESA's Astronaut Centre, Cologne

On Wednesday, ESA astronauts Frank De Winne, Reinhold Ewald, Christer Fuglesang, Thomas Pesquet and Timothy Peake will join campaign managers from Google and YouTube to present highlights of the venture to international media at ESA's European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany.

ESA experts will also be on hand to discuss the latest aspects of the Agency´s science activities on the Space Station.

A highlight of the event will be presentations by selected European student competitors of their proposed Space Lab projects. Presentations will be streamed live via Livestream.com/eurospaceagency.

About Space Lab

Individually or in groups of up to three, students aged 14—18 years may submit a YouTube video describing their experiment to YouTube.com/spacelab.